Who We Are

Our Team & Leadership

Joe Ferreira

Senior Pastor

Pastor Joe Ferreira and his wife Darcie moved to Connersville in October of 2017, after accepting the call to serve at Baptist Temple. It was a long way from Tampa, Florida, where they served their last church for over 20 years. Joe and Darcie have been married for 27 years and have two sons, Jason and Justin.

Pastor Joe’s hobbies include hunting and working on their home. He and Darcie enjoy going to flea markets where they buy old things and refurbish them. Syfy movies also make the list of things they both enjoy.

Pastor Joe is a gifted speaker and teacher. God has been using him in a great way to help our Baptist Temple family grow in our understanding of God’s Word.

Nick Burke

Bio...

Nick Burke has been serving as our Worship Pastor since 2018. He has almost 20 years of full-time ministry experience including working in children’s ministry, youth ministry, and the last 15 years in worship ministry.

Nick grew up in sunny Florida and moved to Lynchburg, VA in 2003 to earn his bachelors degree in Music and Religion from Liberty University.

While at Liberty, he sang with a traveling ministry team, the Sounds of Liberty. It was on Sounds that he met his wife, Alicia. They were married in 2007 and together they have two young daughters, Madison and Ella.

Nick Buthman

Bio...

Nick Buthman joined our team as our new Youth and Outreach Pastor in August of 2019. He leads our REALife Student ministry and our Bus and Van Ministry at Temple. We’re very excited to have him serve with us!

Nick is a graduate of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Ashley, were married in 2017 and were serving in the Detroit area before coming to Connersville.